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    They are all sitting on the benches in front of the stage. We would stand on those and then fall off.

    The new Amsterdam at Liverpool?
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    Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
    becomes a Venice without canals, just another city, no
    longer of special interest to anyone, least of all the
    tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
    canals to view its modern museum describing
    how it once was?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ged View Post
    Either that or St. Brides, I don't think it's the oratory without looking them up.
    Yes it's St Bride's , Percy St, L8.

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    The Majestic Cinema, from Moss Street, August 1970. The last films were "The Birds" and "The Day of The Triffids" still posted up until demolition.Click image for larger version. 

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    Exchange Station, April 1977
    View over Croxteth Estate, from West Derby Church tower, August 1970
    Liverpool Institute playing fields, Mersey Road, 1975
    Scrapyard, Llanddudno Junction, on me hols from Liverpool, July 1971
    (included for its rarity, who took photos of car scrapyards then????)

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    As a new member I am having a great time reading old threads.

    The first post in this thread contains a photograph of the street I grew up in,Wentworth Street off Heyworth Steet,

    thanks for the memories

    Jan

    Just spent one and a half hours on this thread alone, !!!

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    Thank you SO MUCH for posting these GREAT pictures, everybody! A special BIG "thank you" to Sirob and Merseywail!

    I can't tell you how much it means to me to be able to see so many old pictures of Liverpool. To me, it's a fascinating journey into the past of the city I love from the bottom of my heart.

    My friends in Wigan gave me a book of old postcards of Liverpool several years ago but of course, it doesn't contain as wide a range as your pictures do. So, thank you so much again!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sirob View Post
    Exchange Station, April 1977
    View over Croxteth Estate, from West Derby Church tower, August 1970
    Liverpool Institute playing fields, Mersey Road, 1975
    Scrapyard, Llanddudno Junction, on me hols from Liverpool, July 1971
    (included for its rarity, who took photos of car scrapyards then????)
    Your scrapyard photo has brought back memories. My Dad had a Singer Gazelle and I've been to that scrapyard in Llandudno Junction with him a long time ago to get a spare part for it.

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    Great photo of Exchange Station Sirob
    Here's one I took of it 30 years later (31 October 2007)
    It is Accomplished

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    Default Unseen Liverpool

    Relics of our retail past, still extant last month!

    Oakfield Road, Anfield (x2)
    Prescot Road, Old Swan (x2)
    Kensington, almost across from Weatherspoons
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    Excellent pics again Sirob.
    Nice one Mark R. Quality

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark R View Post
    Great photo of Exchange Station Sirob
    Here's one I took of it 30 years later (31 October 2007)
    Isn't that building a Hotel now? partly owned by Edwards McViegh?

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    The pollution levels were so bad the buildings turned black - to think of all the lungs destroyed. Ben E King described Liverpool in the very early 1960s as having bible black buildings. The sooner diesel engines are banned (they emit soot) and electric vehicle introduced the better.

    Few of us appreciated the buildings until they were cleaned.
    The new Amsterdam at Liverpool?
    Save Liverpool Docks and Waterways - Click

    Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
    becomes a Venice without canals, just another city, no
    longer of special interest to anyone, least of all the
    tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
    canals to view its modern museum describing
    how it once was?


    Giving Liverpool a full Metro - CLICK
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    Quote Originally Posted by Waterways View Post

    The pollution levels were so bad the buildings turned black - to think of all the lungs destroyed. Ben E King described Liverpool in the very early 1960s as having bible black buildings. The sooner diesel engines are banned (they emit soot) and electric vehicle introduced the better.

    Few of us appreciated the buildings until they were cleaned.
    ,who told ya that? raw iron sandstone always turns black through exposed humidity conditions.

    Since it was uneconomical to transport it to Liverpool we had our own local quarries to excavate it in Victorian times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by George View Post
    ,who told ya that? raw iron sandstone always turns black through exposed humidity conditions.

    Since it was uneconomical to transport it to Liverpool we had our own local quarries to excavate it in Victorian times.
    The biggest reason for buildings being black, and I remember them, was coal burning emissions (soot).
    The new Amsterdam at Liverpool?
    Save Liverpool Docks and Waterways - Click

    Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
    becomes a Venice without canals, just another city, no
    longer of special interest to anyone, least of all the
    tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
    canals to view its modern museum describing
    how it once was?


    Giving Liverpool a full Metro - CLICK
    Rapid-transit rail: Everton, Liverpool & Arena - CLICK

    Save Royal Iris - Sign Petition

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    Quote Originally Posted by Waterways View Post
    The biggest reason for buildings being black, and I remember them, was coal burning emissions (soot).
    Spot on Waterways, you are right.
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